Mads Mikkelsen,
Nikolaj Lie Kaas,
Line Kruse,
Bodil Jorgensen,
Ole Thestrup
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This black comedy from Denmark involves the exploits of Bjarne and Svend, two friends who go into the meat-cutting business together only to see their venture fail miserably. But when Svend starts exp... read more
DVD Release Date: May 17, 2005
Stats: 362 reviews
This is a huge surprise. I have to say that I believe this might be the first Danish film I've ever seen in my life. I'll be looking for more. A beautiful mix of dark comedy and the seriously elevating power of love. In the end, this is less a comedy than it is a moving portr... read more
Best foreign movie around. Even though it was in another language, I laughed the whole time. Sven Sveat!
The second out of three films directed by Danish Anders Thomas Jensen and my second favourite after ADAM'S APPLES. Equally dark, equally funny, equally unlikeable-yet-somehow-likeable characters (this time its two butchers butchering acquaintances to keep the business open). The... read more
This black comedy is hilarious at times, but I had a strange feeling some humor was lost in translation.
Now here is an example of pure perfection. This one will have you laughing your ass off until the dead bodies come in the picture lol.
I found myself laughing quite a bit, it's that nice dark humor. I bit gross in some parts, but still good.
A politically incorrect Danish cannibalism comedy that doesn't really work. 'Delicatessen' without the whimsy; 'Eating Raoul' without the wicked humor; 'Sweeney Todd' without the viscera and metaphor. Strange little movie, neither fish nor flesh, as it were. Borderline Dogme95 fi... read more
A strange but surprisingly nice film, especially considering the cannibalistic content. There are so many elements at work here from macabre to sweet, funny to tragic, and so on, it's hard to take it all in initially. By the end, it proves to be a worthwhile journey. The cinem... read more
EW.. okay that is downright gross.. funny.. but yuck.. I'm glad I'm a vegetarian..I think everyone did a great job.....
This is a great dark comedy if you can handle reading subtitles. To many foreign films are overlooked in America. The story makes this particular one fantastic.
Gruesome as it may sound, Butchers is a likeable, well-made film and a genuine comedy. Full Review
You might not want to dine with this group, especially if they brought the meat. But it's OK to play with the knives a little. Full Review
Neither funny nor outrageous nor horrifying nor conventionally affecting. Full Review
You might say it's a case of too many ingredients spoiling the meal.
Should have been either darker or funnier. Or both. Full Review
Nither high flying enough for the art house nor low down enough for the cult-video shelf. Full Review
Jensen's tone is admirably dry, and the film offers its pleasures through small, writerly details. Full Review
It is Jensen's acute sense of life's cruel absurdities that allows him to illuminate how pain and hilarity can continually flow into each other. Full Review
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